Photograph
Roy Storage Building
| View of a Vincent Roy storage building, with a man standing to the right of the structure. |
| Image ID: | 38148 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1933 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Superior |
| County: | Douglas |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Place File** |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PF Superior.36 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 7.5 inches |
| The following is a statement by John A. Bardon of Superior accompanying the photograph: "Small storehouse building erected by the late Vincent Roy at Old Superior. The timbers are 4' x 8'. After the one mile dike across Superior Bay had served its purpose, it was allowed to gradually go to pieces. The timbers floating in the Bay for a while were a menace to navigation. You would find them drifting when least expected. The U.S. War Department caused the building of this dike from the end of Rice's Point, straight across to Minnesota Point to prevent the waters of the St. Louis River being diverted from the natural entry at Superior, to the newly dug canal, across Minnesota Point in Duluth. The contention was that, if the waters of the St. Louis were diverted, the natural entrance at Superior would become shoaled from lack of the rivers scouring current. However, when the piers were extended into 18 feet of water at both the old entrance and the Duluth Canal, it was found that the currents of the river had no serious effect. The dike was never popular and was always in the way of the traffic between Superior and Duluth. Several openings were made in it to allow the passage of smaller boats. It was finally condemned by the Government Engineers as a menace to navigation. This all happened in the early 70's. This building is now the only authentic evidence of the dike. It is owned by the Superior and Douglas County Historical Society. The writer is the man in the picture." |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Storage facilities |
| Cities and towns |
| Coats |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Barrels |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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